What triggered the heated spat at EC meeting?
An election commissioner came under fire on Saturday at its meeting with deputy commissioners (DCs) and superintendents of police (SPs) ahead of the Zila Parishad polls, slated for October 17.
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File photo shows a general view of the Election Commission offices in Dhaka's Agargaon Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneParash reaches Sylhet for Moulvibazar, Habiganj Jubo League councils
Chairman of Bangladesh Awami Jubo League Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash reached Sylhet on Sunday afternoon for holding councils of Moulvibazar and Habiganj district units of the ruling party’s youth body.
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GM Quader: JaPa won't be slave to any party
Jatiya Party Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Parliament GM Quader has said they are currently neither with the ruling party Awami League nor the BNP.
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Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader UNB3rd Shitalakhya Bridge to ease communication in southwestern districts
The six-lane third Shitalakhya Bridge, scheduled to open on Monday, will connect Narayanganj city with Bandar upazila which will boost Bangladesh's economy as well as ease the communication between Chittagong and southwestern districts via Padma Bridge.
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3rd Shitalakhya Bridge Focus BanglaBhanga-Benapole highway: Locals eagerly await approval
Authorities are planning to turn the two-lane Bhanga-Jessore-Benapole road into a six-lane highway, with a budget of Tk11,000 crore.
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Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway Bangla TribuneItalian Embassy, chess federation blame each other
The Italian Embassy in Dhaka has said that they did not issue visas for the seven chess players, participating in the Fide World Junior Chess Championship, since the applications lacked proper documents, a claim sharply refuted by the Bangladesh authorities.
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File photo of Bangladesh contingent for the Chess Olympiad 2022 in ChennaiEight fishermen fined for catching hilsa in Bhola
A mobile court has fined eight fishermen for catching hilsa fish or Ilish in the Meghna River at Charfashan Upazila in Bhola on the third day of a government ban.
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File Photo of Hilsa fish Dhaka TribuneBrunei envoy puts direct air connectivity on table ahead of Sultan's visit
Ahead of the Sultan of Brunei's much-anticipated maiden visit to Bangladesh, the High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam Haji Haris Bin Othman has called for direct air connectivity between the two friendly Muslim countries to boost tourism and trade.
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Flags of Brunei and Bangladesh BigstockCrocked DEMU train from China repaired using home-spun genius
One of the dysfunctional Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) trains imported from China has been fixed, and started operating again carrying passengers and goods from Sunday.
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Repaired DEMU train starting journey Bangla TribunePutin accuses Ukraine of Crimea bridge blast, calls it terrorism
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of orchestrating what he called a terrorist attack on a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea, as he prepared to hold a meeting of his security council on Monday.
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This video grab taken and released on October 8, 2022 shows thick black smoke rising from a fire on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia AFP76 people killed in Nigeria boat accident
Almost everyone on board a boat died when it capsized in a flood-swollen river in Nigeria's Anambra state, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday.
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File Photo: A man takes a picture as the body of one of the victims of a boat accident is being retrieved from the boat in Kebbi, Nigeria May 27, 2021 Reuters